Kim Jong Un oversees missile launch and hurricane Maria hits the Caribbean

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1F523CC770 — © Reuters

Hot seat North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile

Protesters fall as they are pushed back by police in riot gear during a protest after a not guilty verdict in the murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., September 15, 2017. Photo taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC12E9EA9860 — © Lawrence Bryant/Reuters

Verdict unrest Riot police clash with protesters in St Louis, Missouri, after Jason Stockley, a former police officer, was cleared of the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man, in 2011

Pick of the crop Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, brandishes a carrot during a campaign rally for her Christian Democratic Union in Freiburg

A billboard advertisment for the American Institute school in Zagreb featuring an image of the US First Lady Melania Trump with a caption that reads, "Just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English", is pictured on September 19, 2017 in Zagreb. With billboards featuring the US First Lady a language school in Croatia was hoping to draw in students. But the five roadside advertisements were taken down on September 19, 2017 after just four days on display, following a complaint from Melania Trump's lawyer in her native Slovenia that the school had infringed her rights. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGERSTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images — © AFP

Lost in translation Melania Trump features on one of five billboards for the American Institute school in Zagreb, Croatia. The roadside ads were taken down after a complaint from lawyers for the US first lady

Cast and crew from the "The Handmaid's Tale" including Elisabeth Moss, second from right, and Reed Morano, right, walk off stage after the show won outstanding drama series at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images) — © Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

Praise be Cast and crew from the ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, including Elisabeth Moss, second from right, and Reed Morano, right, walk offstage after the show was named outstanding drama series at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles

Troops hold coloured cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City, Mexico, September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Henry Romero/Reuters

Green wave Mexican soldiers hold coloured cards during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at Zocalo Square in Mexico City

Protesters burn a cube effigy with the faces of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and President Rodrigo Duterte during a rally near the Presidential Palace to call for an end to the killings in the so-called war on drugs of Duterte and his alleged "tyrannical rule" in the country, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Thousands of protesters are marking the anniversary of the 1972 martial law declaration by late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos with an outcry against what they say is the current president's authoritarian tendencies and his brutal crackdown on illegal drugs. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) — © Bullit Marquez/AP

Freedom rally Images of Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president, and Ferdinand Marcos, the late dictator, go up in flames during a pro-democracy protest in Manila

An aerial view of Roseau, capital of the Caribean island Dominica, shows destruction September 21, 2017, three days after passage of Hurricane Maria. Dominica, located near the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, has been almost completely cut off from the world since the imapact of the hurricane. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel CHAMOISEAULIONEL CHAMOISEAU/AFP/Getty Images — © Lionel Chamoiseau/AFP

Storm damage Roseau, capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica, shows the scars after the passage of hurricane Maria

Cavalry horses and their riders are exposed to smoke as members of the Dutch cavalry undergo a stress test at the beach in Scheveningen, on September 18, 2017. The horses and riders are tested with gunfire, music and smoke for the next day's parade in The Hague, including the King and Queen in the Glass Carriage who will pronounce the Speech from the Throne, one of the main features of government policy for the coming parliamentary session at Prinsjesdag' (Prince's Day). / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Olaf KRAAK / Netherlands OUTOLAF KRAAK/AFP/Getty Images — © Olaf Krakk/AFP/Getty

Stress test Dutch cavalry units are exposed to gunfire, music and smoke during a rehearsal on the beach in Scheveningen for a parade in The Hague

Rohingya refugee children pictured in a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Safe at last Rohingya children driven out of Myanmar by military persecution rest at a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Models on the catwalk during the Chalayan London Fashion Week SS18 show held at Sadler's Wells, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday September 17, 2017. See PA story CONSUMER Fashion. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire — © Ian West/PA

Pretty as a picture Models during the Chalayan London Fashion Week SS18 show at Sadler’s Wells, London

TOPSHOT - Participants rehearse ahead of a celebratory event on Kium Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on September 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ED JONESED JONES/AFP/Getty Images — © Ed Jones/AFP/Getty

Red alert Thousands of North Koreans take part in rehearsals for a rally in Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang

Chinese businessmen Jack Ma takes a picture with another person while listening to speeches during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) — © Seth Wenig/AP

Photo op Jack Ma, the Chinese businessman, records his visit to the UN General Assembly in New York

TOPSHOT - Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers desperately remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. A devastating quake in Mexico on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, according to official tallies, with a preliminary 30 deaths recorded in the capital where rescue efforts were still going on. / AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) — © Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty

Race against time Rescuers cut through rubble in search of survivors from a building flattened by an earthquake in Mexico City on Wednesday

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 19: Honour guard troops march during a welcoming ceremony for Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong outside the Great Hall of the People on September 19, 2017 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of The Republic of Singapore will pay an official visit to China from September 19 to 21, 2017. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** — © Lintao Zhang/Getty

Reception committee A Chinese honour guard marches during a welcoming ceremony for Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s prime minister, at the Great Hall of the People

This photograph taken on September 18, 2017 shows an Indian boy working at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Jalandhar on September 18, 2017. Brick kiln workers in India are trapped in a cycle of bonded labour and regularly cheated out of promised wages, Anti-Slavery International said Wednesday, urging the government to safeguard their rights. A new report that surveyed kilns across the northern Punjab state details how rescued workers go back to the kilns again since no record is kept of payments and wages are withheld to lure them back. / AFP PHOTO / SHAMMI MEHRA / TO GO WITH: India labour slavery, by Abhaya SRISVASTAVASHAMMI MEHRA/AFP/Getty Images — © Abhaya Srisvastav/AFP/Getty

Tough start An Indian child at work near Jalandhar, where brick workers are trapped in a cycle of bonded labour and regularly cheated out of wages

The Blanix-team aerobatic gliders performs during the Breitling Airshow in Sion, Switzerland September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Love is in the air Aerobatic gliders of the Blanix team perform during the Breitling air show in Sion, Switzerland

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: President Donald Trump waves after speaking to world leaders at the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017 in New York City. This is Trump's first appearance at the General Assembly where he addressed threats from Iran and North Korea among other global concerns. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) — © Spencer Platt/Getty

World stage Donald Trump after making his debut speech to the UN General Assembly in New York, where he talked of threats from Iran and North Korea

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